Archive for the ‘3D printing’ category: Page 125
Nov 17, 2015
This drivable car was just 3D printed in 44 hours
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: 3D printing, transportation
Nov 17, 2015
‘The Next Big Thing: From 3D Printing to Mining the Moon’ — interview with Futurist Christopher Barnatt
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, space
Futurist Christopher Barnatt is the author of two 3D printing books, and is well known in the 3D printing community. His latest book — “The Next Big Thing: From 3D Printing to Mining the Moon” — covers far more than additive manufacturing. But as “3D Printing” is in the sub-title, we thought we’d ask him what it is all about.
3Ders: “The Next Big Thing” is a very broad title, so can you tell us what the book covers?
Nov 16, 2015
An Italian company built a 40-foot tall 3D printer to help solve the global housing crisis
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: 3D printing, habitats
Nov 16, 2015
#24 AVATAR TECHNOLOGY DIGEST / Get a Virtual-Reality Punch
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, mobile phones, robotics/AI, virtual reality
Welcome to #24 Avatar Technology Digest! We provide you with the latest news on Technology, Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence the best way we can. Here are the top stories of the last week!
1) Did you know that Disney does more than shoot box office hits and sell toys to your kids? They also have a very active Research Department that specializes in a variety of applications that can be used throughout the Disney empire. And now another interesting innovation has come out of the Research Department, as they have developed a method for generating those 3D printable robots without the need for time and energy-consuming work at all.
2) Being able to identify problems with a person’s body without subjecting them to invasive procedures is the fantasy of all Star Trek doctors. There’s even a prize offering a fortune to anyone who can effectively recreate the tricorder technology out in the real world. Now, Stanford scientists think that they’ve developed a system that, in time, could be used to spot cancerous tumors from a foot away.
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Nov 15, 2015
Vivek Wadhwa: Get Ready for The Next Wave of Tech Disruptions
Posted by Michael Paton in categories: 3D printing, robotics/AI
Futurist Vivek Wadhwa predicts change “at a scale which is unimaginable before,” thanks to advances in technologies like robotics and 3D printing. “New trillion dollar industries will wipe out out existing trillion dollar industries,” he says. “This is the future we’re headed into, for better or for worse.”
Nov 14, 2015
Disney Research-CMU design tool helps novices design 3D-printable robotic creatures
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: 3D printing, robotics/AI
Digital designs for robotic creatures are shown on the left and the physical prototypes produced via 3-D printing are on the right (credit: Disney Research, Carnegie Melon University)
Now you can design and build your own customized walking robot using a 3-D printer and off-the-shelf servo motors, with the help of a new DYI design tool developed by Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University.
Nov 12, 2015
First ever 3D printer to print organic living things
Posted by Julius Garcia in category: 3D printing
Photo Credit: Printgreen Tiskajzeleno/Facebook
This 3D printer is the dream of every garden lover. Created at the University of Maribor in Slovenia by students Maja Petek, Tina Zidanšek, Urška Skaza, Danica Rženičnik and Simon Tržan, the printer unites art, technology and nature into one.
Nov 9, 2015
Scientists have found a way to 3D-print embryonic stem cell ‘building blocks’
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical
Pluripotent cells are great, but they can be difficult to steer into growing the way you want. Now scientists have found a new way to create 3D-printed ‘building blocks’ of embryonic stem cells (ESCs), which could be used for growing micro-organs, performing tissue regeneration experiments, testing medication and other biology research purposes.
While bioprinting with ESCs is not entirely new, until recently researchers have only managed to produce two-dimensional sheets of cells. Now a team of scientists from Tsingua University in China and Drexel University in Philadelphia have published a study in Biofabrication, introducing a novel technique for printing a grid-like 3D structure laden with stem cells.
In normal biological conditions ESCs naturally tend to cluster together into spherical ‘embryoid bodies’ – clumps of pluripotent cells which can go on to develop into any type of cell or tissue in the human body.
Nov 8, 2015
3D Printed Guide for Nerve Regeneration successfully tested on Animals, Clinical testing on humans to begins soon
Posted by Lily Graca in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, electronics, engineering
According to the Mayo Clinic, the Nerve regeneration is a complex process, because of its complexity, regrowth of nerves after injury or disease is extremely rare. Nerve damages more often than not are incurable and cause permanent disability, but now the scientist has proved that Advanced 3D printing methods could hold a possible cure for such patients.
To prove the proof of concept, a physically disabled rat was chosen as a test subject. The scientist used a specially designed 3D scanners and 3D Printers to create a custom silicone guide, 3D-printed chemical cues were added to the guide to promote both motor and sensory nerve regeneration. This was then implanted into the rat with surgically grafting it to the cut ends of the nerve. The operation was a extremely successful and the rat showed tremendous improvement in the way it walked within 10 to 12 weeks.
